The EXTRAORDINARY Family Life Podcast
THE podcast for parents with big dreams who want to create an EXTRAORDINARY lifestyle but feel stuck.
Greg and Rachel Denning are parents of 7 children whom they've traveled with to 60+ countries on 5 continents -- all while homeschooling and building a multi-six-figure location independent biz.
Let them show you how to finally break through what's holding you back so you can achieve your biggest dreams -- even with a family!
- Update frequency
- every 6 days
- Average duration
- 50 minutes
- Episodes
- 343
- Years Active
- 2019 - 2025
#222 How Sugar Contributes to Disease & How to Give it Up FOR GOOD
As part of the 28-Day Challenge we ask participants to choose one food to give up.
Some choose sugar. But it’s not always easy to give it up. As one mom said:
“…the sweet tooth got the best of me. I d…
#221 Specific Strategies & Tools to Make Your Marriage Good, Better, Great & EXTRAORDINARY
At work, home, family life, and marriage, it’s easy to blame the circumstances of life or to say ‘That’s just the way things are’…
But the reality is that we’re often participating in, perpetuating, o…
#220 "My Kids Are Fighting So Much!" How to Put and End to Fighting -- For Good
"I'm feeling sooooo burnt out of motherhood... My kids are fighting so much. Last week we did a 'no fighting' challenge for 7 days. They did pretty well and each got a prize.
This week has been a tota…
#219 How to Get Your Kids to Do What They Should (Homework, Chores, the 'Right' Thing) WITHOUT the Battle
We received a great question from a mom which we answer in today’s episode.
Just a reminder — we love receiving questions. Feel free to ask us anything by visiting podcast.extraordinaryfamilylife.com …
#218 Body Shaming? How to LOVE Your Body AND Want to Get in Your Best Shape
This topic is one that can be sensitive, so we want to handle it appropriately. As usual, the subject came up because of an activity in Greg’s online class for teens — Habits for a Successful Life — …
#217 To Control Guns or Not to Control Guns? -- This is NOT the (Right) Question
In our podcast episodes, we like to answer questions we’re asked or to discuss topics that impact — or fire — us up. Lately, we’ve been discussing together the most recent school shooting in the Unit…
#216 Why Encouraging Your Kids to 'Talk Back' Develops Critical Thinking & Decision Making Skills
In this episode, it seems as though we start talking about one subject and end with another. Yet, they are connected.
We begin discussing how to deal with children who are ‘high spirited’ with minds o…
#215 A Message to Husbands: How to Actually Listen to Your Wife
In our work with couples and clients, we often come across marriages that are struggling. One of the MANY reasons this happens (or at least continues as an issue) is because of the husband’s inabilit…
#214 Where We've Been and How We've Made it Extra Special -- Celebrating 22 Years of Marriage
Every year on our birthdays and anniversaries we love to reminisce and ask ourselves, "Where were we celebrating last year? I wonder where we'll be next year?"
Last year we celebrated in Portugal whil…
#213 What to Eat Part 2 -- Snacks, Recipes, Rules, & When to Break Them
After episode #211 about What to Eat we received a lot of follow-up questions (thank you!) and were asked to do a follow up episode to clarify some things, such as:
- What if I'm lactose intolerant? Wha…
#212 True Balance Looks Like Yin & Yang and Walking 'The Labyrinth'
Thanks for all of the questions! They help us to have relevant conversations in these podcast episodes. If you have a question about anything in life or family, send them to support@extraordinaryfami…
#211 What to Eat & How -- What's ACTUALLY Healthy? Our Food Journey
In many of our episodes, we often reference food and its connection to behavior and emotion.
So it’s not surprising that we received this request:
“I would LOVE to hear an episode on food! YES it is co…
#210 A Message (with a Strategy) for Swamped, Overwhelmed Moms (and Dads)
We truly love receiving emails and questions from followers, clients, and listeners because it gives us specific situations and challenges to address. We’ve learned that even though we (as humans) of…
#209 How to Get Your Kids (& Husband) on Board with Charts & Systems (+ Why You NEED Systems Even if You Think You Don't)
We received another question from a mom who was interested in joining my Family Charts & Systems course and community.
In an email I sent out, it said:
As a mother of seven children, my life seriously …
#208 How to Respond to, Stop, & Prevent Misbehavior in Young (& Old) Children -- Strategies that WORK!
Welcome to today’s episode, we’re coming to you from Vienna, Austria this time. We just finished leading a WWII trip where we learned about the start of the war with the invasion of Warsaw, visited A…
#207 How to Make Sure Your Kids Are NOT ANNOYING (Because It's Crucial to THEIR Adult Happiness)
You might not realize it, but as a parent, YOU have a moral obligation to make sure that your child (or children) are NOT annoying.
Why? Because in order for your children to function normally in the …
#206 Inspire, Not Require... Sounds Ideal, But Does it Actually Work?
Welcome to the podcast! We’re coming to you from Warsaw, Poland. Our kids are on the other side of town in an Airbnb and we’re spending the weekend at a luxury hotel to celebrate Greg’s 45th birthday…
#205 The Price of Mastery -- Is It Worth the Cost?
We’re coming to you today from the city of Vilnius, Lithuania. We have loved traveling through the Baltic States.
Today we’re going to continue answering some questions (since we were accidentally cut…
#204 Family Travel is an Investment in the Development of Yourself & Your Children + Logistics, Tips & FAQs
We spent the New Year in Tallin, Estonia!
We’re keeping the Denning family dream alive with family adventures. In December, we traveled through NYC, Norway, Denmark, Sweden, Finland, & Estonia.
We’ve …
#203 Creating a Real Life 'Happily Ever After' Marriage (It's Not a Pipe Dream)
Greg and Rachel are still in Norway leading two trips. The first took place in Tromsø, 225 miles north of the Arctic Circle where they fed reindeer, went dog sledding, and saw the Northern Lights whi…